Day 726: Delgani, digging

This afternoon was first livestream of the Delgani String Quartet's third concert series of the year. Only about 11 of us were watching on the stream, but it's so fun because I can just be cozy in bed with my eyes closed, listening. This time the concert had a Spanish-and-South-American theme. The first piece was a very pretty one by Arriaga, who died unfortunately just shy of 20; he'd have been one of the top composers, surely. Then we had one by Gabriela Lena Frank, using Peruvian village themes - unusual and interesting. In the second half there was a short piece about a bullfighter, and then a Ginastera string quartet that I think I've heard before. If I was paying attention properly, Kim said in her talk that it had been performed in their first season, so that would explain it.

After that, I roused J. out of his comfy chair to work on his yard. We dug up these pointless plastic strips designed to keep grass from spreading. I don't know if they worked at all for the previous owners, but by now they're just something to mess up the mower or trip a person. Then we dug out the stones lining the front flower bed. J. used the shovel, and I'd tug the stone out of the damp clay soil. It was a lot like digging potatoes, except many of the stones were rather larger.